Tips, tricks, and other observations related to Sitecore from a Sitecore insider

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Starter Kit Update (Rev. 070531)

It's only been about a week and a half since the initial release of the Small Business Starter Kit, and we've already released an update!

But don't worry, this will not be a regular event. We just happened to get some great feedback after a few users got their hands on the kit and thought of a few additional changes to sneak in since we would be doing a new release anyway.

The result includes a much nicer design for the documentation / help site, for example, and the default site itself now has a slightly cleaner design. If you already downloaded the original release (rev. 070524) of the starter kit and have begun working with it, we've created an upgrade package so that you don't have to start all over again. If you're in this camp, I'd suggest the following approach:

Make a complete backup of your site database and files (just in case the upgrade package fails or overwrites something you hadn't expected, since there is no way to uninstall it).

Thank you Kerry and the Sitecore team for putting together this Starter Kit! As a Sitecore developer, I've learned so much from your SCPrinters Demo site in version 5.1-5.3. Have you considered using this starter kit in your developer training courses? I think this would be a very valuable experience for new and existing Sitecore developers to experience some of the capabilities of Sitecore CMS.